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Weinstein

/ˈwaɪnstiːn/

Weinstein proper noun: an occupational or ornamental surname from German.

Proper noun

Weinstein (plural Weinsteins)

  1. An occupational or ornamental surname from German.
    • Miramax Films cofounders Bob and Harvey Weinstein will end their successful, but often tumultuous, 12-year relationship with The Walt Disney Company to launch their own media company.2005 March 30, “Miramax founders leave Disney”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 18 Jun 2021
  2. An ornamental surname from Yiddish.

Verb

Weinstein (third-person singular simple present Weinsteins, present participle Weinsteining, simple past and past participle Weinsteined)

  1. (slang) To make inappropriate sexual advances, especially from a position of power.
    • After all, long before the #MeToo movement exposed workplace cultures of sexual harrasment and assault, before “getting Weinsteined” became colloquial shorthand for being forced into nonconsensual sexual acts for fear of losing one's job, Black women had been leading the charge against racialized...[2023, Hajar Yazdiha, The Struggle for the People’s King: How Politics Transforms the Memory of the Civil Rights Movement, Princeton University Press, →ISBN, page 165
  2. (slang, transitive, uncommon) To accuse someone in an influential position of sexual harassment.
    • None of this should be hard. There are too many allegations settled for too much money for O’Reilly to receive the benefit of the doubt. It’s time for O’Reilly to be Weinsteined.2017 October 22, David French, “It’s Time for Bill O’Reilly To Be Weinsteined”, in National Review, archived from the original on 28 Jun 2020
    • Waiting to Be Weinsteined: When Will Accusations of Sexual Harassment Arise in Architecture? [title]2017 November 21, Aaron Betsky, “Waiting to Be Weinsteined: When Will Accusations of Sexual Harassment Arise in Architecture?”, in Architect Magazine, archived from the original on 31 Mar 2026

Forms of Weinstein

Proper noun
pluralWeinsteins
Verb
third-person singular presentWeinsteins
present participleWeinsteining
past participleWeinsteined
pastWeinsteined

Origin of Weinstein

Borrowed from German Weinstein or Yiddish ווײַנשטיין (wine stone). The verb is from the behavior of Harvey Weinstein, Hollywood movie mogul and convicted sex offender.

Words formed from Weinstein

Questions about Weinstein

What does Weinstein mean?
Weinstein means an occupational or ornamental surname from German.
What part of speech is Weinstein?
Weinstein can be a proper noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce Weinstein?
Weinstein is pronounced /ˈwaɪnstiːn/.

Words near Weinstein in the dictionary

  1. Weinrebs
  2. Weinreich witticism
  3. Weinreichian
  4. Weinsberg
  5. weinschenkite
  6. Weinstein
  7. Weinstein effect
  8. Weinstein-Aronszajn identity
  9. Weinsteined
  10. Weinsteinian
  11. Weinsteining

Source and license

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